080 What Do We Really Mean by "Evidence" and Why Does That Matter?

We here a lot about "evidence" in dog training. But do we always know what we mean when we describe an approach as being "evidence-based"?

And what about research and studies? We know these matter but we also know that there isn't a study for every single thing we do in dog training. 

Sometimes that’s a problem. Sometimes it’s not.

And in this episode I dive into what we mean by evidence-based, how prior probability plays a part, and where the burden of proof lies when making a claim about a dog training method.

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